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Niche cloud computing firms in M&A spotlight

by admin on 07. Jun, 2010 in Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Companies, Google, Microsoft, SaaS, Security

(Reuters) -With sales of web-based business software soaring, companies that focus on cloud computing are slipping into a sweet spot as technology giants look to bolster their presence in this fast-growing segment. Cloud computing, or software as a service, allows businesses to cut back on hardware and space by having their software hosted in remote [...]

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Top 5 SaaS CRM Services

by saas-buzz on 26. May, 2010 in Companies, Microsoft, SaaS

Web-based CRM provides a simpler, faster and cost-effective Customer Relationship Management services for businesses. It is easier and much affordable solution for customer relationship for businesses with IT and budget constraints. CRM applications can run on a standard web browser. In this,  I present the Top 5 SaaS web-based CRM Services for your convenience. 1. [...]

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Software-as-a-service gives small business powerful tools

by saas-buzz on 14. May, 2010 in Cloud Computing, Companies, Google, Microsoft, News, SaaS

SEATTLE — Most small-business owners don’t realize this yet, but a mother lode of technology that can free precious cash and manpower is available to them as in no other time in history. Small firms typically buy basic clerical and accounting software in shrink-wrap boxes and run them on a company computer. The owner, or [...]

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Google seeks to put government in cloud

by saas-buzz on 27. Apr, 2010 in Cloud Computing, Companies, Google, Microsoft, SaaS, Security

Google has its head in a federal government cloud. The search engine giant wants to shift federal agencies from traditional desktop and server-based computing to so-called cloud computing, which relies on the web and outsourced remote file servers to deliver email, send instant messages and share files. That ranges from software as a service and [...]

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Microsoft Office 2010 Ready For On-premise or SaaS Deployment

by saas-buzz on 27. Apr, 2010 in Cloud Computing, Microsoft, SaaS

Microsoft executive touts new Office suite at SaaScon Okay, so maybe Microsoft won’t have lines of people outside stores waiting to buy Office 2010 like Apple fanatics waited for the iPad last weekend, but I’m sure more than a few IT administrators have May 12 circled on their calendars when Microsoft’s flagship software suite for [...]

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Cloud Computing Congress Europe & Enterprise Social Media Europe announces speaker line up

by admin on 02. Dec, 2009 in Cloud Computing, Event, Microsoft, Press Releases, SaaS

Cloud Computing Congress Europe & Enterprise Social Media Europe announces speaker line up The latest in enterprise 2.0 software, building a collaborative workplace, social software tools, employee engagement in collaborative workplaces to discussing the latest state of cloud computing, its benefits, technical and security challenges, how the applications can be build, controlled and managed in [...]

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Korea Leaps on Cloud Computing Bandwagon – Will spend $172 million

by admin on 01. Dec, 2009 in Cloud Computing, Google, Microsoft, News, SaaS, Security, Uncategorized

Korea Leaps on Cloud Computing Bandwagon The government will spend around 200 billion won (about $172 million) next year for a number of ambitious Web-based computing projects to help the technology industry create more demand for their nascent cloud services, officials said Tuesday. Cloud computing, the latest buzzwords in the technology sector, describes a new [...]

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Microsoft cuts BPOS price to squeeze Lotus -SaaSBuzz

by admin on 05. Nov, 2009 in Cloud Computing, Microsoft, News, SaaS

Microsoft cuts BPOS price to squeeze Lotus While most observers portray Microsoft’s sortie into online email and collaboration services as a titanic battle to keep Google off its productivity applications turf, the real target of this week’s price reductions is IBM’s Lotus unit. In a briefing earlier this week, Ron Markezich, corporate VP, Microsoft Online [...]

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